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The inaugural class of the Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine earned their academic hoods on Saturday, with 126 graduates stepping forward into their futures.

HARRISONBURG – Virginia House of Delegates member Ben Cline of Rockbridge County was nominated Saturday as the 6th Congressional District Republican nominee to succeed retiring Rep. Bob Goodlatte. He will take on the eventual Democratic nominee in the fall mid-terms.

Lynchburg police are searching for a man wanted on attempted murder charges, according to a Lynchburg Police Department press release.

Jimmy Carter and Donald Trump now have at least three things in common: both have been president, served as commencement speaker for Liberty University, and been awarded honorary doctorates by LU.

APPOMATTOX — When John and Traci Davids moved into their Evergreen home by the railroad tracks in 2003, they had every intention of staying there the rest of their lives.

While taking photos at an event around Christmas about five years ago, Ronnie Shoultz first met Paul Horsley, then a second-grader who had an interest in photography.

Traffic stops in the Hill City have fallen by more than 50 percent during the past five years amid volatile police staffing, according to the Lynchburg Police Department.

BEDFORD — A developer’s request to change the master plan of the Thomas Jefferson Crossings neighborhood on U.S. 221 in Forest led Bedford County officials to “fix a flaw” in a county ordinance concerning master plans this week.

With human trafficking and other forms of sexual exploitation on the rise internationally and domestically, one local nonprofit is working to raise awareness and educate young adults in both public and private schools as well as in clubs and camps.

Several local citizens expressed concerns about noise and emissions from a proposed expansion of a Norcraft Companies LLC cabinet-manufacturing facility located on Millrace Drive in Lynchburg during a Virginia Department of Environmental Quality public hearing this week.